Enrollment
149
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003126
Latona Avenue Elementary
4312 Berenice Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90031 · (323) 221-5148 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
133 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 94% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Latona Avenue Elementary→Florence Nightingale Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.9pp since 2014
Math
31.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 26 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.2% | 25.7% | 31.1% | 27.0% |
| Math | 17.6% | 13.5% | 25.7% | 43.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 31.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.4% | 30.8% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 37.2% |
| 2018-19 | 54.1% | 42.4% |
| 2017-18 | 55.3% | 42.4% |
| 2016-17 | 56.6% | 25.3% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Latona Avenue Elementary
Latona Avenue Elementary's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latona Avenue Elementary this school | 149 | 89.3% | 40.2% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Los Angeles | 164 | 84.1% | 62.2% |
| Mayberry Street Elementary Los Angeles | 128 | 88.3% | 31.8% |
| Vista Horizon Global Academy Los Angeles | 154 | 92.9% | N/A |
| Bushnell Way Elementary Los Angeles | 157 | 84.1% | 41.3% |
| Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino San Bernardino | 152 | 90.8% | N/A |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Latona Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,460 of 5,151 | #598 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #3,118 of 5,172 ▼ 1,152 | #817 of 1,129 ▼ 365 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,738 of 5,172 ▼ 300 | #660 of 1,129 ▼ 101 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.7pp | #148 of 5,116 | #20 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 149 | #5,525 of 5,915 | #1,256 of 1,300 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #1,189 of 5,625 | #474 of 1,276 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
149
-8 (-5%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 149 | 9 | 16.6:1 | 89% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 10 | 17.2:1 | 90% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 8 | 18.6:1 | 89% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 8 | 19.6:1 | 92% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 170 | 8 | 21.3:1 | 90% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | 8 | 23.1:1 | 93% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | N/A | N/A | 91% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 91% (439) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 22 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Latona Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (170 to 149); teachers up 13% (8 to 9).
About Latona Avenue Elementary
Latona Avenue Elementary is a small elementary school in Los Angeles, California, one of the schools in Los Angeles Unified. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 149 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 68% smaller than average.
The district, Los Angeles Unified, operates 784 schools serving 406,887 students.
The student body at Latona Avenue Elementary is 85% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 5% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Among all residents of Los Angeles County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Latona Avenue Elementary's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 9 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.6:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 16.6:1 here. Around 89% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 19 points.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Latona Avenue Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Latona Avenue Elementary, the prediction is 27.2% and the result is 40.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Latona Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Glen Alta Elementary is located about 0.5 miles from Latona Avenue Elementary. The five-mile area around Latona Avenue Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Latona Avenue Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 8 students since 2020-21, to 149. Students per teacher fell from 19.6 in 2020-21 to 16.6 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Latona Avenue Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Latona Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Latona Avenue Elementary?
Latona Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 149 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Latona Avenue Elementary serve?
Latona Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Latona Avenue Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Latona Avenue Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (9 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Latona Avenue Elementary?
Latona Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Latona Avenue Elementary?
Latona Avenue Elementary is overseen by Los Angeles Unified in Los Angeles County.
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